Snooze News Weekly | May 29 – June 4, 2020
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Each week, we find, curate and share the most relevant bedding and mattress news stories from across the web. Check out what we’re reading this week.
News
- Sinomax is partnering with Microban to create antimicrobial beds and sleep accessories. Read the full story from Sleep Retailer.
- International Market Centers released a new study on how retailers are feeling about attending market. HFN Digital has the results.
- RetailDive wrote about how brands are navigating the protests and shared some examples of the statements that have been released expressing solidarity.
- Malouf is enhancing its marketing capabilities and those of its partners by expanding its photography and video studios. We covered the story at Sleepretailer.com.
- According to this update from Furniture Today, Serta Simmons Bedding is exiting the summer Las Vegas Market. Will other brands follow suit?
- Meanwhile, Atlanta’s summer market is preparing to implement new safety protocols. Read the full story from HomeWorld Business.
- LOGICDATA is experiencing significant sales growth. Learn more from Sleep Retailer.
- In this story from Digital Commerce 360, the shopper speaks, explaining how they think retailers should respond to protests.
- Ebb Therapeutics, a sleep tech company, brought on a sleep advisor. Read more in the official press release from PR Newswire.
- Nationwide Marketing Group is launching a new program called the Shop Safe Promise. Learn more at Sleepretailer.com.
- According to the Motley Fool, Bed, Bath and Beyond got a new board chair.
- A company called Sleep Cycle recently released a new sleep training program that is designed to improve sleep over the course of 14 days. BusinessWire has the release.
- King Koil recently rolled its SMARTLIFE Mattress out in all 40 Sit ‘n Sleep locations. Get the full scoop from Sleep Retailer.
- The NRF and other retail advocacy groups face a post-COVID retail market with cautious optimism according to this story from PYMNTS.
- In this podcast from HME Business, a ResMed rep talks about helping people sleep during and after COVID-19.
- Anew round of consumer surveys show that many people plan on holding out for a COVID-19 vaccine before resuming many of their normal activities. We wrote about it at Sleepretailer.com.
Science & Fun Stuff
- NPR talks about getting sleep in uneasy times.
- The latest Android update offers a bedtime feature for improving sleep. Learn more about it from TechCrunch.
- The Wall Street Journal chronicled all the changes to how we sleep experienced during the pandemic.
- Even artificial brains need sleep according to this article from Discover.
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